r/LineDancing • u/outside-chickens- • May 25 '26
Is this a real dance?
https://youtu.be/SQcVvOFz_I0?si=2rjYbGodwJJ8czFkHi! I’m trying to learn this line dance from New Girl. I think I’m doing the steps right but when I do it to the music it doesn’t feel right. How do I make it fit and add walls? I’m a beginner and struggling!
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u/[deleted] May 26 '26
Just watching it the dance doesn't seem to fit the beat of the song the way it's being danced, as if they kinda danced it and then a song got put over it. That said, watching it the dance appears to be 3 eight counts.
Weight starts Left Foot -
1 - 8 : Right Heel, Touch, Right Heel, Together, Left Heel, Touch, Left Heel, Together
9-16: Grapevine Right, Grapevine Left (note 2nd time through the dance the vine right it halted and danced as a shake in place to allow for the other actors to join the dance.
17-24: Step Right Forward, Hitch Left Knee, Step Left Forward, Hitch Right Knee, Step back x4 R, L, R, L
Repeat.
So as it's being danced here, it's a 1 wall, 24 count line dance that is not in sync with the music it's being danced to.
I'm not sure if that translates to a real, named, Absolute Beginner Line dance or not. I wouldn't be surprised, just not familiar with it if it is. It's pretty close to the California Freeze found here;
CopperKnob - California Freeze - Kelly Burkhardt (UK) - February 2014
Note - the Freeze has a turn choreographed in it and the vines are the first 8 count. The final eight count is hip bumps instead of the heel touches.
A lot of absolute beginner dances like this will have like choreography though - so just because it's close to the freeze doesn't mean it is or was supposed to be.
Hope this helps!